Connacht will see shift in personnel for start of Kieran Keane era

Connacht may have managed to hold on to most of their frontline players for next season but there will be a significant shift in personnel at the Sportsground for the start of the Kieran Keane era.

Rory Parata, who featured a dozen times last year in the march to the PRO12 crown, is leaving along with Shane O’Leary and Rory Moloney.

Scrum-half John Cooney is joining Ulster while lock Danny Qualter last week completed a move to Ian Costello’s Nottingham.